Education & Admissions

  • St. John's University School of Law, J.D.
  • Hofstra University, B.A.
  • University of London, Modern British Theatre in Performance, and Elizabethan and Jacobean Theatre in Performance
  • New York
  • U.S. District Court, Southern and Eastern Districts of New York
  • United States Supreme Court

Activities

  • Member, LGBT Family Law Institute® (“FLI”)!
  • OK RISE, LGBTQIA Subcommittee Chair, 2020-Present
  • Certified Law Guardian, Appellate Division, First Department (2002 -Present)
  • Member, Hofstra University Women in Leadership Initiative (2013-Present)
  • Member, LeGal, Family and Matrimonial Law Committee (2013-Present)
  • Member Lambda Legal Defense Fund, Cooperating Attorney Network (2009-Present)
  • U.S. Department Attorney Network, Registered Counsel, The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction. (2010-Present)
  • Member, NYSBA,
    Committee on LGBT People and the Law
    (2013-Present)
  • Member, New York State Bar Association (1986-Present)
  • Member, Family Law Section, Executive Committee (2004-2018)
  • Member, Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1987-2007)
  • Member, Committee on Family Courts and Family (2003 – 2007)
  • Member, Committee on State Legislation (1995-1997)
  • Member, Committee on Matrimonial Law (1992-1995)
  • Member, Committee on Municipal Affairs (Secretary, 1989-1992)
  • Member, Committee on Matrimonial Law (Secretary, 1987-1988)

Webinars

Posts

"New York’s Laws Fail to Recognize Gender Neutrality"

“How are you supposed to be believed about the harm that you experience when people don’t even believe that you…

"The State of Artificial Reproductive Technology Today"

The best way to predict the future is to create it. – Abraham Lincoln. April 23-29, 2023, is National Infertility…

"It Took Seven Days To Create The World, And Nearly Fifty Years To Afford Antidiscrimination Protection For All"

…the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice! [i]   On May 14, 1974, Bella…

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Co-Written Articles

Collaborative Divorce: The Time is Now

“Divorce: a resumption of diplomatic relations and rectification of boundaries.” [i] We are in uncharted waters — living life in…